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John Lee Sanders
Blues / Gospel / Jazz

New Orleans Deep Fried Funk blues gumbo



Monroe LA, San Francisco, Vancouver, Kelowna BC, British Columbia
Canada

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Member Since5/9/2007
Band Websitehttp://johnleesanders.com
Band MembersJohn Lee Sanders, Piano, Sax, Hammond Organ, Vocals,

members vary according to availability, and location of the gig


Dennis Marcenko, Bass, Canada
Scott Grant, Drums, Kelowna, BC Canada
Tony Robertson, Guitar, BC
Dean Singh, Bass, BC Canada
Chris Nordquist, Drums, Canada
Darryl Havers, Hammond Organ, Canada
Tim Porter, Guitar, Canada
Garth Webber, Guitar, San Francisco
Peter Booras, Drums, San Francisco
Frank Folgman, guitar, Austria
Gottfried Angerer, Bass, Austria
Jeff Boudreaux, Drums, Europe
HG Gutternigg, Tuba, Austria

Chris Caswell, LA, CA,
( my musical collaborator since 1988, We've written television themes, commercials, Movie theme songs, and He's done the lyrics on about half my cds. He's been the music director for Broadway shows, Stevie Wonder, Paul Williams, Melissa Manchester, and many others. Chris is now writing music with Mike Stoller, the composer from the famous songwriting team, Lieber and Stoller. They have asked me to record the vocals of some of their new Demos, which was a great honor.
Influences
Bach, Scarlatti, Chopin,
Beethoven, Bruckner, Brahms, Mozart, Aaron Copeland,
Leonard Bernstein.

Blues Singers, writers, and performers
Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, Johnny Winter,
Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton,
Freddie King, Willie Dixon, Long John Baldry,
BB King, Albert King, Bobby Blue Bland,
Ray Charles, Lightnin Hopkins, Buddy Guy, Tbone Walker, Howlin Wolf, Taj Mahal,
Keb Mo, Bonnie Raitt, John Lee Hooker, Junior Wells,
Otis Redding, Sam Moore, Curtis Mayfield, Charles Brown,
Little Milton, Jimmy Reed, Jackie Wilson, Joe Tex,
Edgar Winter, Johnnie Taylor, James Brown, and many more

Arrangers,
George Martin, Nelson Riddle, Billy May, Vince Mendoza,
Gil Evans, Paul Buckmaster, William Ross, Gregg Adams,
Mervyn Warren
vocalists
Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Ben E. King, Donny Hathaway, Ray Charles, Aretha, Marvin Gaye, Sam Cooke, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Lee Dorsey, Gladys Knight, Tony Bennet. Smokey Robinson, Elvis Presley, Hank Williams, Vince Gill, George Jones, Muddy Waters, Rance Allen, Mavis Staples, Mahalia Jackson, Lou Rawls, Etta James, Al Green, Sam Moore, Otis Redding, Roy Orbison

Piano Players, and Organists
Scott Joplin, James Booker, Dr. John, Professor Longhair, Jon Cleary, Jellyroll Morton, Harry Connick Jr. Billy Preston, Richard Tee, Chester Thompson, Oscar Peterson, Gene Harris, Ray Charles, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, Chick Corea, Lyle Mays, ( my teacher) Elton John, Jimmy Smith, Herbie Hancock, James P. Johnson, Willie the Lion Smith, George Duke

Sax players,
Fathead Newman, King Curtis, Maceo Parker, George Coleman, Hank Crawford, James Clay, Edgar Winter, Jon Smith of White Trash, Cannonball Adderley, Paul Desmond, Ben Webster, Lester Young, Dexter Gordon, Wilton Felder, Michael Brecker, David Sanborn, Steve Douglas, Junior Walker, Stan Getz, Danny Hull, Lenny Picket, Bill Slais, Doc Kupka, Marc Russo, Randy Lee, Lou Marini, John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Stanley Turentine, Tom Politzer, Lee Allen, Alvin Batiste, Bill Doggett, Boots Randolph, Alvin "Red" Tyler, Branford Marsalis, Tom Scott

Writers, groups, and producers
duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Sammy Cahn, Hoagy Charmicael, George and Ira Gershwin, Rogers & Hammerstein, Jerome Kern Burt Bachrach/Hal David, Sly Stone, Tower of Power, Jerry Wexler, Ahmet Ertgun, the Beatles, Chess Records, Mozart, Beethoven, John Williams, Paul Williams, Kenny Asher, Jimmy Webb, Carole King, Rev. Thomas Dorsey, Frank Sinatra, Huey Lewis & the News, Phil Ramone, David Foster, Earth Wind and Fire, Little Feat, sons of Champlin, the Meters, Alan Toussaint, the Beach Boys, the Beatles, Earth Wind and Fire, Steely Dan, Lieber & Stoller Tom Dowd, Cream, Rolling Stones, CSNY, Buffalo Springfield, Bob Dylan, Prince, Sting, James Taylor, Elton & Bernie, Brian Wilson, Andrew Lloyd Webber, The Allman Brothers, Booker T & the MGs, Narada Michael Walden, Joni Mitchell, Holland Dozier Holland, Ashford and Simpson, Pucinni, Sam Phillips, Johnny Cash
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   About John Lee Sanders
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New Orleans Deep Fried Funk, Boogie Piano, in a Bucket Full of Blues!

For the 1st 25 years of his life, John was raised in the Louisiana Mississippi delta, immersed in the wealth of Jazz, blues and Gospel music that became the DNA Of North American pop music for the next 50 years. His childhood encounters with the likes of Elvis Presley and Dr. Martin Luther King are part of the landscape that influenced this gifted piano, sax & vocal performer and composer. At 12 years old, John Lee was billed as "Birmingham's answer to Little Stevie Wonder" and opened for many R&B legends.

His song "Foreclose on the House of Love" reached number 9 on the blues charts in 2004, and a WC Handy Nomination for Blues song of the year, The year 2007 brought an Emmy nomination for song of the year from the long running Soap Opera, Bold & Beautiful, in the jazz ballad "Just One Kiss"

John Lee was influenced by the sounds of Cajun, Zydeco, New Orleans Funk and Gospel. He received a musical scholarship and studied saxophone, guitar and piano. With a degree in composition from the prestigious North Texas State University, gave him the tools to write film scores, charts for sessions like the Tower of Power horns, and all the way up to a full Symphony Orchestra. While studying in Rome Italy, he met Professor Longhair and Dr. John at the Montreux Jazz Fest and formed a lifelong passion for New Orleans piano.

Since the 70's, John Lee's musical resume is like a history lesson of American Pop, Jazz and R&B, recording /performing with legends such as Willie Nelson, John Lee Hooker, Jimmy Witherspoon, Freddie King, Dr. John, The Meters, Chuck Berry, Jimmy Page, Tower of Power, Sam Moore, Mary Wells & Stevie Wonder.

John Lee has performed at Festivals all over Europe and North America, He is one-of-a-kind, and his breadth in musical genre rivals his mastery of instruments and disciplines in the field. He can sit in front of a piano and transport you from a smoky New Orleans Cajun bar to a blues club in Chicago to an uptown Jazz club in Manhattan.

Blues Biographer David Ritz wrote..........
"he's hitched a ride from Memphis, dealing with the ghosts of Highway 61, arriving in New Orleans in order to comfort us with the good news: that true music is truer than ever. His songs, full-bodied and blood-washed, are rooted in reality. He reminds us that blues are concerned with neither nostalgia nor self-pity. John Lee Sanders' blues are about nothing less a renewal of strength, a resurrection of the human spirit, a projection of hard-earned hope and a declaration of extravagant love. "

Midnight in New Orleans

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Robert James





Jul 2 2009 2:18 AM

Thanks for the friendship! Rob
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Jun 30 2009 3:00 PM

 



Hello from the amazing windy plains just outside Calgary , Alberta
Wonderful sites and sounds in your space.Many discoveries made at your space, very nice indeed to be Space m8s.

In a act of Kindness endorphin levels are elevated in the Giver, the Receiver and the Observer, how nice is that.

"do not seek happiness .. but .. do rid your self of unhappiness = Zero Negative thoughts"

"Share knowledge ,it is a way to achieve immortality"

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Jun 30 2009 9:08 AM

Thank you John Lee!

Your music is hot and bad to the bone!

Blessings!
Mike Finnigan





May 24 2009 6:58 AM

Just dropped by to say 'you bad'
MF
Sonia Bettencourt





May 20 2009 3:57 PM

Hi John!

I hope you like my new song "John Doe"!!!

Take care

Sonia Bettencourt

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Apr 29 2009 7:21 PM

Lorie





Apr 29 2009 3:12 AM

Hi john, hope your doing well are ya coming to cali anytime soon? I would love to see ya play again!


xoxoxo
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Apr 27 2009 5:28 PM

thanks so much for the add!!!
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Apr 27 2009 1:03 PM

Thanks for the add ,
stay blues
AJ HARRIS





Apr 27 2009 8:39 AM

Hi...and thank ya kindly for the add!! Brilliant sounds here:]
Much respect to you and thanks for your friendship..

All the best!
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Steve Tallis and The Holy Ghosts





Apr 27 2009 5:43 AM

thanks for the add john lee
best wishes and respect
steve
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Apr 27 2009 4:05 AM

JUS' STOPPED BY TO SAY hey & ALWAYZ "thanx", FOR THE most gracious ADD .....

GREATest RESPECTS FOR YOUR WORK ......

ROCK ON !!!!!

MR.

RICHARD
carol g





Apr 27 2009 4:04 AM

Thank you for the Ad, and truly,
love, love, love your music, many
different styles, in one voice,
wishing you a beautiful week!
............Carol.................
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Mar 26 2009 9:13 PM

Griaß enk, BoyZ and Girls!

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Es erwarten euch tolle Kracher sowie ein shopal auf unserer Homipage!
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Cynthia Danne





Mar 5 2009 5:35 AM

John: Yes, wonderful music!! Cynthia

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Mar 4 2009 2:58 AM

Thanks for the add John.
I love your big ole Nawlin's sound.
Just makes people feel good.
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Leah West





Feb 22 2009 10:16 PM

You Rock John Lee!

Jeff Johnson





Feb 21 2009 4:48 AM

Hey John

We haven't talked for a while...How are things at your end ?

All the best

JJ
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Feb 14 2009 7:53 AM

“The heart is the only broken instrument that works"

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Teak Rivers & The Handsome Shadows





Feb 5 2009 8:53 PM

Just stopped by to say thank you for your friendship and support.
We've only had our tunes up for about 2 months now and the response has been overwhelming, thanks again TEAK RIVERS AND THE HANDSOME SHADOWS
Lorie





Jan 31 2009 4:02 PM

Hi john hope you all have a wonderful weekend!


Hugs


Lorie
Howard Lips





Jan 24 2009 7:44 PM

Hey Brother John Lee Sanders! Thanks again for adding me to your community of musicians! My site crashed, and I have had to start over. I really appreciate your eclectic taste in music! All the best in 2009!
Peace and blessings!
Howard

Uncle Shine





Jan 24 2009 12:23 AM

Thanks for the add,funky stuff man!
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